Car-door fastening



(No Model.)

J. B. OALKINS.

GARYDOOR FASTENING.

No. 271,415. Patented Jan.30,1888.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES B. GALKINS, OF PACIFIC, MISSOURI.

CAR-DOOR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,415, dated January 30, 183. Application filed September 11, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES B. UALKlNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pacific, in the county of Franklin and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Merchandise-- Car-Door Fastenings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifiation.

The object of this invention is to look a railway merchandise-car door so that the car cannot be entered or opened without first going on top of the car midway between each door, where a small part of running-board is converted into a water-tight trap-door, fastened with hinges on one side and held in its place with a car-seal on the opposite side. Under this trap-door through the roof one 'or two openings are out large enough tointroduce the hand and arm to operate the i'astenings, which are wholly inside of the car. Vith' this looking arrangement any one who desires to enter a car either stealthily or otherwise cannot do so without climbing on top of the car, walking to the center of it, cutting the seal, throwing open the trap-door, which forms a part of the running-board, and nnfastening the car from the inside. From this exposed position of the car-seal itcannot be cut at night or day without being noticed by the first one passing over the car. The car-seal is always under the eye of the conductor and train-men, making them responsible for all goods and merchandise locked up within. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a car, showing a car-door fastener. Fig. 2 is a cross-section, showing the inside and cardoor fastener.

B B represent the running-board; D, the trap-door, which forms a part of the runningb ard; d (I, raised edges on the roof around the hand or arm openings 0 c to prevent rain from heating under the door; e e the edges of a door that fit closely over the raised edges on the roof. at a are rods extending from the hand-opening c c, and held underneath the roof by staples E E, made large enough for the rods to slide in. The rods a aextend down to the car-plate j, that the car-root eaves rest on, and pass underneath the plate, the extremity of each rod beingheldfirmly in place by the sleeve F, which is securely fastened to the under side of the platef. car-doorO at the point g into a place out out of the car-door, and the edges of which are protected by athin iron plate.

To look the car, open thetrapdoor D at the point 0, force the rods a, down into the recess g in the'door, close the trap-door D, and attach the seal through the staples i 2'.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The trap-door D, hand-openings c 0, lockingrod a, sleeve F, recess 9, and staples t' 11, re-

spectively, all substantially as set forth, and

for the purpose specified.

I JAMES B. GALKINS.

Attest:

JAMES M. (JALKtNs, GAY UALKINS.

The end of each rod enters the 

